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stegodon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ste-godon
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the extinct genus †Stegodon, related to modern elephants; a stegodont.

Etymology

From the genus name †Stegodon, referring to the shape of the molars: from Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) + translingual -odon. Doublet of stegodont.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

stegodons (plural)

Questions

What does stegodon mean?
Any member of the extinct genus †Stegodon, related to modern elephants; a stegodont.
Where does stegodon come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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